I'd have to say I enjoy myself a lot more, really. I don't feel so much responsibility as I did in other teams. It felt sometimes at Ajax and Liverpool that it had to be me. Now, every time I go out on to the pitch, I enjoy myself and laugh. I have gone through too many difficult times in my career and I don't want to keep thinking about them.

It was a dream to arrive at Liverpool but I never wanted to just settle for what I had achieved. I wanted more.

I never told you this but I always thought the club should have recognised you far more when you retired. For the career that you had, one of Liverpool's greatest players, you should have had a much bigger and better send-off in your final match. That's just what I felt.

I worry when I can’t help the team with everything I have to offer.

I know what my strengths are and what theirs are and what the three of us do is play for the good of the team.

There is always a chance to get even and I'm proud of the fact that for all the blows I always got back up again. That's what makes me most content.

You just can't believe how quickly things happen in football and the way life turns. I went from being the bad guy, the worst player who gets all the criticism, to being the player who makes the difference and scores the important goals.